Approximate Hatch Weights:
~1g at hatching
~10g by 10-13 days old
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Troglodytidae
Common Name: Wrens
Region: Broad Range
Chick Type: Altricial
Down: Sparse gray down
Skin Color: Pink
Bill: Straight and pink to brown
Foot Type: Anisodactyl
Gape: Yellow
Gape Flanges: Pale yellow
Iris: Dark brown
Legs and Feet: Pink to brown legs and feet
Video from Tufts Wildlife Clinic
Video from Tufts Wildlife Clinic
Video by Connie Black
Video by Brenda Varvarigos
Video by Connie Black
Nest
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/08/fullsizeoutput_44e6.jpeg)
Photo from Tufts Wildlife Clinic
Nest
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/08/fullsizeoutput_44e3.jpeg)
Photo from Tufts Wildlife Clinic
Egg
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/06/fullsizeoutput_362e.jpeg)
Photo from Tufts Wildlife Clinic, grid squares = 1 inch
Just Hatched - 1.7g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/09/107692944_2774081802869727_3748239989793811565_n.jpeg)
Photo by Andrea Aiuto
Just Hatched - 1.7g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/09/107887811_285976192485390_5450577752855617670_n.jpeg)
Photo by Andrea Aiuto
1 Day Old
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/06/34909231_1868384840121429_3028823362479587328_n.jpg)
Photo by Linda Bowen
2 Days Old
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/06/35363302_1872092419750671_7550817724893495296_o.jpg)
Photo by Linda Bowen
2 Days Old
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/06/35531867_1872092556417324_6463942565212192768_o.jpg)
Photo by Linda Bowen
2 Days Old
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/06/35399904_1872092513083995_3181091991916118016_o.jpg)
Photo by Linda Bowen
3 Days Old
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/06/35405006_1872092319750681_6174391551041470464_o.jpg)
Photo by Linda Bowen
3 Days Old
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/06/35404605_1872092113084035_9176674433698365440_o.jpg)
Photo by Linda Bowen
3 Days Old
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/06/35485998_1872091786417401_4695110896249208832_o.jpg)
Photo by Linda Bowen
3 Days Old
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/06/35240208_1872092466417333_9123590613604761600_o.jpg)
Photo by Linda Bowen
3 Days Old
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/06/35389770_1872091973084049_4496962811976482816_o.jpg)
Photo by Linda Bowen
~1st Week - 3g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2023/03/IMG_1727.jpg)
Photo from the Wildlife Center of Virginia
~1st Week - 3g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2023/03/IMG_1762.jpg)
Photo from the Wildlife Center of Virginia
~1st Week - 3g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2023/03/IMG_1773.jpg)
Photo from the Wildlife Center of Virginia
~1st Week - 4.5g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/04/IMG_4776.jpeg)
Photo from Tufts Wildlife Clinic, grid squares = 1 inch
4 Days Old
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/06/35552152_1872091849750728_6485029536080592896_o.jpg)
Photo by Linda Bowen
4 Days Old
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/06/35401681_1872091799750733_7877500801512374272_o.jpg)
Photo by Linda Bowen
4 Days Old
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/06/35389154_1872092006417379_3868178758028492800_o.jpg)
Photo by Linda Bowen
4 Days Old
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/06/35358423_1872091886417391_4399110864129490944_o.jpg)
Photo by Linda Bowen
4 Days Old
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/06/35388897_1872091759750737_8349006846752718848_o.jpg)
Photo by Linda Bowen
~1st Week - 6g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/04/IMG_4762.jpeg)
Photo from Tufts Wildlife Clinic, grid squares = 1 inch
~1st Week - 6g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/04/IMG_4764.jpeg)
Photo from Tufts Wildlife Clinic, grid squares = 1 inch
5 Days Old
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/06/34105122_1864110933882153_6831817891482959872_n.jpg)
Photo by Connie Black
5 Days Old
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/06/35413499_1872091709750742_4278866588888727552_o.jpg)
Photo by Linda Bowen
5 Days Old
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/06/35392380_1872092069750706_4795657214519934976_o.jpg)
Photo by Linda Bowen
5 Days Old
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/06/35388287_1872091666417413_2419667867420065792_o.jpg)
Photo by Linda Bowen
5 Days Old
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/06/35416608_1872092246417355_4542362862563098624_o.jpg)
Photo by Linda Bowen
5 Days Old
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/06/35379531_1872092263084020_2001781284824678400_o.jpg)
Photo by Linda Bowen
6 Days Old
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/06/34018151_1864111067215473_4086433860546461696_o.jpg)
Photo by Connie Black
6 Days Old
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/06/35464039_1872092189750694_8573497524524941312_o.jpg)
Photo by Linda Bowen
6 Days Old
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/06/35433017_1872092389750674_6671987018639081472_o.jpg)
Photo by Linda Bowen
6 Days Old
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/06/35464456_1872091933084053_4408075281214996480_o.jpg)
Photo by Linda Bowen
6 Days Old
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/06/35382385_1872092349750678_531525700646076416_o.jpg)
Photo by Linda Bowen
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/06/fullsizeoutput_3b6c.jpeg)
Photo by Maureen Eiger, Help Wild Birds
7 Days Old
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/06/34101811_1864111160548797_4699921482959028224_o.jpg)
Photo by Connie Black
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/06/GJA1NVtHQMWZXEmIXOhLSw_thumb_776f0.jpg)
Photo by Selimah Harmon, Tufts Wildlife Clinic
~1st Week - 9g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/08/fullsizeoutput_44ea.jpeg)
Photo from Tufts Wildlife Clinic, grid squares = 1 inch
~1st Week - 9g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/08/fullsizeoutput_44ed.jpeg)
Photo from Tufts Wildlife Clinic, grid squares = 1 inch
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/03/fullsizeoutput_2f4e.jpeg)
Photo by Jen Osburn Eliot, Wildlife Images Rehab Center
~2nd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/03/fullsizeoutput_2f4f.jpeg)
Photo by Jen Osburn Eliot, Wildlife Images Rehab Center
~2nd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/03/fullsizeoutput_2f51.jpeg)
Photo by Jen Osburn Eliot, Wildlife Images Rehab Center
~2nd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/03/fullsizeoutput_2f79.jpeg)
Photo by Jen Osburn Eliot, Wildlife Images Rehab Center
~2nd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/03/fullsizeoutput_2f52.jpeg)
Photo by Jen Osburn Eliot, Wildlife Images Rehab Center
9 Days Old
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/06/34070952_1864111277215452_5694805950762844160_o.jpg)
Photo by Connie Black
9 Days Old
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/06/34075823_1864111243882122_4978644755727515648_o.jpg)
Photo by Connie Black
9 Days Old
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/06/34074340_1864111213882125_5320659293635084288_o.jpg)
Photo by Connie Black
10 Days Old
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/06/34307629_1864111343882112_1442532661204615168_o.jpg)
Photo by Connie Black
11 Days Old
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/06/34055354_1864111393882107_7922061216057393152_o.jpg)
Photo by Connie Black
12 Days Old
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/06/34053063_1864111460548767_6160519412265779200_o.jpg)
Photo by Connie Black
15 Days Old
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/06/34092231_1864111530548760_600379901916217344_o.jpg)
Photo by Connie Black
16 Days Old
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/06/34092215_1864111597215420_4419560113958813696_o.jpg)
Photo by Connie Black
16 Days Old
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/06/34053982_1864111583882088_8061377753137545216_n.jpg)
Photo by Connie Black
~3rd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/03/fullsizeoutput_2f7c.jpeg)
Photo by Jen Osburn Eliot, Wildlife Images Rehab Center
~3rd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/03/fullsizeoutput_2f7a.jpeg)
Photo by Jen Osburn Eliot, Wildlife Images Rehab Center
~3rd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/03/fullsizeoutput_2f81.jpeg)
Photo by Jen Osburn Eliot, Wildlife Images Rehab Center
17 Days Old
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/06/34140970_1864113613881885_8597090587335720960_o.jpg)
Photo by Connie Black
18 Days Old
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/06/34322965_1864113647215215_4832087930283491328_o.jpg)
Photo by Connie Black
19 Days Old
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/06/34133054_1864113703881876_3229104477835362304_o.jpg)
Photo by Connie Black
19 Days Old
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/06/34118848_1864113750548538_1351626087792115712_o.jpg)
Photo by Connie Black